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Phil apologizes for his tax comments. Of all the things Phil has done/said....bashing Tiger's equipment, complaining about the FedEx 10mm annuity, sticking up for square grooves, complaining about having to play 4 tournaments in a row for the FedEx....he chooses to apologize for this?

According to Morning Drive's Gary Williams, their twitter responses were 90% in favor of Phil. The other host, Damon Hack, attributes the response to Phil's popularity. How about attributing it to the fact that Phil might have a legitimate beef??!!

Pro-tax and Pro big government celebrities make their opinions known all the time without criticism. Why should Phil be criticized?

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the general public tends to think that professional athletes are (cough) overpaid. according to forbes, phil earned close to $50 million last year. so even at a 62-63% tax rate, he's still left with close to $20 million. if you would say phil earned $20 million last year, you would think that was a pretty good year.

two years ago, the two highest paid professional athletes, were, drumroll, golfers.

Anyone giving 63% of what they work for is absurd. It is sad that we penalize people who work hard and earn more, yet we glorify and reward laziness. I'm very happy to live in a state with no income tax. We do pay a little more sales tax, but it is nice knowing that everyone in the state pays this, not just the hard workers.

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In a statement released by his spokesman T.R. Reinman, Mickelson said "Finances and taxes are a personal matter and I should not have made my opinions on them public. I apologize to those I have upset or insulted and assure you I intend to not let it happen agian."

where he chooses to live and for what reasons are a personal matter. phil is an outspoken guy, and in this instance he probably didn't win over many hearts or minds since he is worth $200mm or so. it doesn't change the fact that his family and his charitable organizations would be much better off if he lived in a lower tax state. there is nothing wrong with having that discussion or making that decision, but as he said it is a personal matter.

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He was just being honest. The tax increases on him will be quite dramatic. Not sure what the CA income tax is but I'm sure it's high. Moving to FL would save him millions each year.

"Maybe" making his opinions public wasn't the best idea. But I wouldn't be surprised if he moved to FL.

Nor the timing of it, Phil is friends with the Bush's which likely has him with republican leaning views, that's fine. I think his statement was some how on his mind privately and a question triggered this publically. He may have recently been informed about how much the Prop 30 was likely going to cost him for 2013 - after all it is tax season. This of course is speculation. Once he let the cat out of the bag it was too late to retract. This by all accounts was not so much about money as it was about principle of increase of taxes vs the curtailing of spending and entitlements.
I encourage him to leave California, if that's what works for him, I wold much raher have someone speak their mind than toe the line of what should be considered appropriate, the timing was bad and venue.

I don't quite understand. He apologized for stating what his opinion on taxes? Regardless, if he had not said anything, and he did move, people would have wanted to know why he moved and then what would he have said?

I don't quite understand. He apologized for stating what his opinion on taxes? Regardless, if he had not said anything, and he did move, people would have wanted to know why he moved and then what would he have said?

Some people who don't have money are upset that he would be upset to pay over half his income in taxes. I mean, why wouldn't they be upset? He can afford it! **tongue in cheek**

Very interesting how he backtracked on this... It probably is a real topic being discussed at the Mickelson household right now, being tax season and all, and as someone stated earlier a question from the media probably struck a nerve, and he spoke his mind.

But I'm curious why he felt the need to apologize for this?!? Someone in his inner circle must not have liked it and advised him to apologize, regardless of the overwhelming public support he was receiving.

I just don't get it. What scares me the most is when someone like Phil - someone well versed and advised on the topic - speaks his mind in a respectful and civil way about something that is currently very relevant, is silenced for making a lot of sense.

In my opinion, we need more people like Phil speaking out on these issues. I don't think it's fair to make this his responsibility, however if he wants to speak out on these topics I, for one, am willing to listen and will gladly join the conversation. I can relate to Phil and his family's tax concerns far more than I can relate to his talent on the golf course...

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